Definition of Creatine phosphate

1. Noun. An organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction.


Medical Definition of Creatine phosphate

1. Storage compound of vertebrate muscle. See: creatine kinase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creatine Phosphate

create from raw material
create from raw stuff
create mentally
create verbally
created
creates
creatic
creatin
creatinaemia
creatinase
creatinases
creatine
creatine kinase
creatine kinase isoenzymes
creatine kinases
creatine phosphate (current term)
creatine phosphokinase
creatine phosphoric acid
creatines
creating
creating by mental acts
creating by removal
creating from raw materials
creating one flesh
creatinin
creatininase
creatinine
creatinine clearance
creatinine clearance test
creatinine coefficient

Literary usage of Creatine phosphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... deposits yellow or white granular, laminar, or needle-shaped crystals, which are a mixture of creatine, phosphate of magnesium (if the phosphoric ..."

2. The Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1997)
"For regeneration of ADP into ATP for more energy, creatine phosphate (CP) is needed. It is the CP that regenerates the ATP. Without CP, ATP could provide ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The preparation of phosphate-containing muscle extracts and the estimation of total acid-soluble phosphorus (TSP), creatine phosphate phosphorus (CP/P) and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... creatine phosphate effect of heart rale on levels of in left ventricle of dof. 158, 230 CRF, see Corticotrophin-releasing factor Croton oil enhancement ..."

5. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"... the formation of creatine and adenosine triphosphate, its breakdown is a source of energy in the contraction of muscle; also called creatine phosphate. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... deposits yellow or white granular, laminar, or needle-shaped crystals, which are a mixture of creatine, phosphate of magnesium (if the phosphoric ..."

7. The Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1997)
"For regeneration of ADP into ATP for more energy, creatine phosphate (CP) is needed. It is the CP that regenerates the ATP. Without CP, ATP could provide ..."

8. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The preparation of phosphate-containing muscle extracts and the estimation of total acid-soluble phosphorus (TSP), creatine phosphate phosphorus (CP/P) and ..."

9. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... creatine phosphate effect of heart rale on levels of in left ventricle of dof. 158, 230 CRF, see Corticotrophin-releasing factor Croton oil enhancement ..."

10. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"... the formation of creatine and adenosine triphosphate, its breakdown is a source of energy in the contraction of muscle; also called creatine phosphate. ..."

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